Voice AI startup credits & deals

AssemblyAI provides $150,000 in credits for its speech AI platform.

Deepgram offers startups up to $100,000 in credits over 12 months for building voice AI products. Eligible applicants must be AI builders or early-stage startups already in production or planning to launch within the next 6 months.

Smallest.ai gives selected startups $10,000 in credits for its Voice Agent Platform for up to 6 months. Voice must be a core product capability, with accelerator-backed, venture-backed, and exceptional bootstrapped teams prioritized.

Corti offers up to $5,000 in API credits for development, testing, and production, with access to model, speech, coding, and agent APIs. Available to early-stage startups from pre-seed through Series B building AI for critical industries.

Gradium gives qualifying voice-first startups $2,000+ in credits and 6 months of full API access, covering TTS and STT usage. Applicants need a voice-first core product mission and commercial intent.

Murf provides $1500 in API credits for 3 months. Applicants must be under 10 years old, have fewer than 100 employees, maintain a working website, and demonstrate a valid Murf API use case.

Deepgram offers $500 in API promotional credits to eligible Speak '26 attendees who registered with a business email and checked in at the conference on October 29, 2026. Credits apply to one eligible project and do not expire.

Cartesia gives accepted startups 12 months on Scale, 8 million shared Sonic and Ink credits each month, and $299 per month in Managed Agents credits. Startups at any stage are eligible, with students and one-off projects considered case by case.

AudioPod provides approximately $250 in API credits and access to audio tools and APIs through its dashboard, REST API, SDKs, and MCP. Eligible applicants must be early-stage startups with fewer than 25 employees.

Deepgram adds $1 in credits for every $1 spent on Flux TTS, up to $500, for Pay As You Go and Growth plans. The stated startup conditions require an AI builder or early-stage startup that is in production or plans to launch within the next 6 months.

Speechmatics offers up to $50k in usage credits plus developer support and expert guidance. Startups must have raised less than $10 million and have a functional MVP or a launch planned within 1-2 months.

LiveKit offers up to $23K in infrastructure and inference credits for startups building voice, video, or physical AI products. Applicants need fewer than 50 employees, under $5M raised, and be pre-Series A.

ElevenLabs offers 12 months of free platform access with 33,000,000 characters, described as over 680 hours of Agents usage and more than $5,500+ in value. Applicants need a business or monetization strategy and a valid business email.

Willow provides AI voice dictation software. Eligible bootstrapped and venture-backed startups can receive free Willow Pro for up to 20 team members.

CAMB.AI offers up to 2 months free, including 33M characters in Speech AI credits for MARS Text-to-Speech APIs and direct access to its engineering team.

Aircall offers startups discounted Professional phone plans with AI voice agent minutes. Year 1 includes an 84% discount, 3 user licenses, and 500 AI voice agent minutes. Eligibility requires fewer than 25 employees and VC or accelerator backing.

ElevenLabs offers its Creator plan for $22 with 50% off the first month.

Notta.ai offers 40% off annual plans with one account for access to its Web and Mobile apps.

CloudTalk provides 24/7 AI receptionist and specialist agents, with annual billing saving 3+ months, approximately 30% off.

Vapi offers eligible voice AI startups 7,500 free minutes per month for 12 months, private Slack support, early feature access, and an exclusive community. Applicants must be at pre-seed to Series A with at least $250k in funding and plan to launch within 6 months.

Sarvam AI offers early-stage AI startups 6–12 months of API credits, priority engineering support, and production APIs covering STT, TTS, voice agents, vision, and multilingual models.

Plivo offers startup credits with no credit card required and direct access to a Plivo engineer. Applicants need a Plivo account, a registered email, and must select a partner fund.

CAMB.AI offers up to 33 million free TTS API credits plus direct engineering support. Eligible startups must be pre-seed through Series A, founded within the last 5 years, have raised under $5M, and build with voice, speech or localization AI.

AssemblyAI gives eligible early-stage startups 12 months of recurring credits for voice AI infrastructure, continued startup discounts, and engineering guidance. Applicants must build with voice or audio and plan to launch within the next six months.

Gradium offers Speech-To-Speech Translation at 50% off for a limited time as part of a launch offer.

ElevenLabs provides 33 million characters free for 12 months to build, launch, and test real-time conversational AI agents. Recipients must display the ElevenLabs Grants logo/backlink for 12 months and cannot target minors under 18.

Vois offers its Core local voice production plan for $16/mo, or $192/year billed annually, compared with $29, for 45% off annually. Omni and Voice Design are not included.

Cartesia offers API credits for qualifying voice AI startups.